Bear statue made of carved wood, Toomarahva Tourism Farm, situated in the National Park of Lahemaa, in small fishing village of Altja, Estonia, Europe

The strikingly situated clifftop town of Sidi Bou Said, north of Carthage, Tunisia, has a reputation as a town of artists.

Paintings at Yerevan Vernissage, a large open-air market situated along Aram and Buzand street, Yerevan, Armenia, Eurasia

Palazzo Franchetti (Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti), home to the Venetian Institute of Sciences Letters and Arts situated along the Grand Canal, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Memorial plaque of assassinated Mujahadin leader Ahmad Shah Massoud know as the ' Lion of Panshir' an Afghan National Hero, situated opposite the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

Portal Maya sculpture Mayan Gateway situated in Parque Fundadores by sculptor Jose Arturo Tavares in Playa del Carmen, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Monk looking out of a painted window, inner shrine at convent Rizong, founded in 1833, situated 3450m above sea level, 76 km west of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Cow sculpture Cow of Golden Sun and Silver Moon by artist Helena Heinrihsone is part of the Ventspils CowParade art project and situated on the town hall square by St. Nicholas Lutheran church, Ventspils, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe

"Totems" landmark art installation created from more than 100 processed railway sleepers by Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola, situated on snow-covered mining waste heap Halde Haniel above the pit Prosper-Haniel in winter, Bottrop, North Rhine-

"Totems" landmark art installation created from more than 100 processed railway sleepers by Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola, situated on snow-covered mining waste heap Halde Haniel above the pit Prosper-Haniel in winter, Bottrop, North Rhine-

"Totems" landmark art installation created from more than 100 processed railway sleepers by Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola, situated on snow-covered mining waste heap Halde Haniel above the pit Prosper-Haniel in winter, Bottrop, North Rhine-

Donegall Quay The Big Fish Sculpture by John Kindness, The scales of the fish are pieces of printed blue tiles with details of Belfasts history, Ireland